The passage of bills that would help children with disabilities, preserve rights of victims in criminal cases, and fight for the rights of the unborn highlighted another busy week in the Senate. As Thursday marked day 40 of our 60-day legislative session in Frankfort, we are still anxiously awaiting a budget bill from our colleagues in the House.

If you are like me, you are counting down the days to warmer weather and vibrant sunshine.
Spring is almost here and what better way to jump start the season, than to come to downtown Cynthiana this weekend for our local merchants Spring Open House.
Many downtown businesses will be staying open late on Friday night. It will be a great night to stay in Cynthiana and support local businesses. We want to invite everyone to visit the local merchants, grab a bite to eat and stay for entertainment.

Just got back from a Lion’s Club meeting and the topic made the chipmunks in my head turn that little wheel faster than usual.
Jane Higgins gave a presentation about the Harrison County Community Fund. Without going into any great detail, the HCCF is a component fund of the Blue Grass Community Foundation.
It is a citizen-powered endowment fund consisting of gifts and bequests that are subject to a requirement that the principal be maintained intact and invested to create a source of income for the community.

ACROSS
1. Boat load
6. Line of work
9. Stairway alternative
13. Hitler’s mistress
14. High or low card
15. Country on Samoan Islands
16. Stiff hair or bristles
17. Kan. neighbor
18. Holy See loyalist practicing different rites
19. *Daylight ____ time
21. *Spring is a symbol of this
23. Much of this about nothing?
24. “Stop!” to marchers
25. Feather glue
28. World’s largest continent
30. To show off
35. Functions

We are in a presidential election year, and it is no secret that there is a strong wave of unhappiness throughout our country.
Many questions fly about concerning the source of this negativity. There are those who blame the president. Others will say it is the fault of congress. Lack of safety against terrorists assails us and we might even blame the crazy weather.
There is another force that we might consider.

Let’s talk about Geocaching. Geocaching is a real world, outdoor treasure hunt that uses GPS-enabled devices.
It is happening right now, all around you.
There are 2,788,386 active geocaches and over 15 million geocaches worldwide.
Participants navigate to a specific given set of GPS coordinates and then attempt to find the geocache at that location.

Throughout the year Cynthiana Main Street will be fundraising to help support projects downtown. Currently, we have two t-shirts on sale. One of our t-shirts was inspired by a local resident, Harmon Moore. Many of you know Harmon and if you see the gray shirt, you’ll see Harmon on his bike, smiling like he always does.